dishrag
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
What, you expected J Lo to turn up in a smock with her hair tied up in a dishrag?
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2020
Bad fans, good fans, Jon Snow fans, Sansa fans, whatever outcome you were hoping for, you probably weren’t expecting this one, the happy ending equivalent of a sort-of-clean dishrag.
From Slate ● May 20, 2019
Once rumpled as a dishrag, too weak to stand and helplessly tumbled by waves, he was stranded and alone when he was discovered near death on Olympic National Park’s Rialto Beach in August 2016.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
I’m wiping off the table with a dishrag, every movement an effort, my arm heavy with lethargy.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
